The Bangladesh Cricket Board’s Anti Corruption Tribunal, formed to deal with the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing scandal, handed over all their evidence to the defence lawyers, officials said on Friday. The preliminary hearing of the nine individuals charged by the International Cricket Council got underway on November 24, with the final
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Two-day SOLZAR Cup golf ends
The two-day SOLZAR cup Golf tournament concluded at the Ghatail Shaheed Salahuddin Cantonment golf course in Tangail on Friday. A total of 60 players – Including seven women golfers – from different golf clubs in the country took part in the tournament. The tournament was inaugurated by the GOC
All-rounder Nasir sinks nat’l side
An all-round display by Nasir Hossain gave Bangladesh A an unassailable 2-0 lead against the Bangladesh national team in the three-match Twenty20 Challenge Series at Mirpur on Thursday. Bangladesh A skipper Nasir hit an unbeaten 58 from 30 balls and scalped two wickets with the leather to lead his side to a six-wicket win over ... Read more
SL to assess security before tour
Sri Lanka Cricket will commission an independent security appraisal of the political situation in Bangladesh, ahead of Sri Lanka’s tour in January and February, SLC secretary Nishantha Ranatunga has said. The West Indies Under-19 team withdrew from their tour of Bangladesh, on Monday, after a bomb exploded near the team hotel in Chittagong. Sri Lanka are ... Read more
Jamal favourites in today’s final
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will hope to make up for last season’s trophy-less campaign when they face Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra in the Federation Cup final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 5:00pm today. Their opponents – three-time Fed Cup champions Muktijoddha – will be after their first silverware since winning the Independence Cup in 2005. Muktijoddha ... Read more
Victory Day hockey starts on Saturday
Walton Victory Day hockey tournament will begin on Saturday at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium, announced by the Bangladesh Hockey Federation on Thursday. Four premier league clubs – Abahani Limited, Usha Krira Chakra, Ajax Sporting Club and Azad Sporting Club –will take part the meet along with three services
‘A’ team strike first in T20 Challenge Series
The Bangladesh national team squandered a strong platform laid by their first three batsmen and fell to a 12-run defeat against the Bangladesh A team in the opening match of the T20 Challenge Series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. Bangladesh began the chase of their 172-run
Minhajul undecided on resignation
National selector Minhajul Abedin said on Wednesday that he is still undecided about whether or not to continue on the selection committee after the Bangladesh Cricket Board decided not to make him the new chief selector. The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday appointed Faruk Ahmed as the new chief selector – a post Minhajul had expected
Swimming: a case of unfulfilled promise
Bangladesh Swimming Federation general secretary Rafiz Uddin has failed to live upto his promise after taking charge of the executive committee in February this year. Upon taking charge, Rafiz claimed that his first priority will be to set up a talent-hunt programme in the grass-root level. Rafiz also pledged
Aminul out for three months
Former national captain and Muktijoddha Sanshad Krira Chakra goalkeeper Aminul Islam has been ruled out for three months after he underwent a successful surgery on his injured knee at a city hospital this week. Aminul tore the ligament of his left knee during the Federation Cup semi-final against Team BJMC on December 7 and was admitted ... Read more
BCB sad, not worried as WI U-19 leave
The Bangladesh Cricket Board said it was sad that the West Indies Cricket Board pulled its Under-19 team out of its series in Bangladesh but insisted that there was little reason to be worried ahead of much bigger competitions. The WICB did not entertain a desperate BCB request to proceed with the seven-match series, and the ... Read more
World T20 doubts start surfacing
The West Indies Cricket Board’s decision of pulling out its Under-19 team from the Bangladesh tour has started taking its toll with Australia saying it would seek advice from the government on whether to send its men’s and women’s teams in the forthcoming ICC World Twenty20 next year. A spokesman for Cricket Australia told Agence ... Read more
Faruk named new chief selector
The Bangladesh Cricket Board appointed former national captain Faruk Ahmed as the new national chief selector, BCB officials said on Tuesday. The decision came after an emergency meeting chaired by BCB president Nazmul Hasan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. The post became
Wife, daughter of chess official added to Las Vegas tour party
The wife and daughter of a Bangladesh Chess Federation vice-president has been named a part of the team selected for a competition in US gambling capital Las Vegas in late December, officials said. Tahsin Anjum – an unrated female player – will join Fide Master Sheikh Nasir Ahmed, FM Khandoker Aminul Islam and Arifuzzaman Shikder for ... Read more
BCB moves over Tigers’ safety
The Bangladesh Cricket Board have provided the national cricket team’s coaching staff with an ambulance to ensure safe travel to and from the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. The BCB is already on the back foot following the departure of the touring West Indies Under-19 side due to security concerns, and they are keen to
Nasir relishing captaincy role
Bangladesh batsman Nasir Hossain on Tuesday said that he was enjoying the captaincy role given to him for the three-match Twenty20 Challenge series starting from today. Nasir will lead the Bangladesh A side against the national team at Mirpur and will try to fulfil the responsibility placed upon him. ‘I was a captain
Premier football to kick-off on Dec 27
The seventh edition of the Bangladesh Premier Football League has been scheduled to start on December 27, Bangladesh Football Federation officials said after a professional football league committee meeting on Tuesday. The BFF also decided to hold the first leg matches at neutral venues in Dhaka after taking into consideration the country’s current political
Special Olympic team accorded reception
The state minister for social welfare, Promod Mankin, on Tuesday awarded a reception to the Bangladesh team back from the Special Olympics: Asia Pacific Games held in Australia. During the reception at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Mankin said that if the persons with disabilities get proper training they will
BCB desperate for series revival
West Indies withdraw U-19 team citing security concerns The Bangladesh Cricket Board made a last-ditch attempt on Monday to salvage the Under-19 series against the touring West Indies side after the West Indies Cricket Board decided to pull out their team citing security fears. The WICB’s decision, announced early on Monday, came as a body blow ... Read more
ICC asks BCB for security report
The International Cricket Council asked the Bangladesh Cricket Board to submit a report on the current situation in the country, BCB officials said on Monday. The request from cricket’s governing body comes after the West Indies Under-19 team’s sudden withdrawal from their ongoing series in Bangladesh – a